Let's Build a World: Day 2 - Weather

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Everybody talks about the weather, but nobody does anything about it.

- Charles D. Warner



It's Day 2 for Nano Writers's Let's Build a World. Read over Day 2: The Physical Planet from Stephanie Bryant's 30 Days of Worldbuilding. If physical geography isn't your thing, take this opportunity to cultivate a general understanding of the kinds of things that affect a world's climate, seasons and weather. Then get out your notebook and complete the exercise:

...jot down ten plot devices that relate to weather, and what you think they do to the story.

You might find the following websites helpful for completing this exercise:

4 Ways Weather Affects Your Story

How to Use Weather in Your Writing

Weather Proverbs all over the World

The Physical Environment - an Introduction to Physical Geography - for a deeper understanding of the Earth's physical systems. Includes an extensive glossary.

Let There Be An Expanse: Weather - from Creating Fantasy and Science Fiction Worlds by Michael James Liljenberg - a great resource!


Well what do you say Nano Writer? Will your plot weather the weather? Again, please share your lists or any additional links that you found interesting or helpful! See you tomorrow!